Hello friends and welcome to Hero Arts Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop, thanks so much for joining us! This hop marks the launch of new catalog products in Hero Arts Store! New catalog is filled with amazing products you don’t want to miss, lots of which are must haves!
I’ve already shared a number of projects using new stamps and dies (and you can check them out by following this link) so for this post I decided to create masculine cards, Father’s Day card to be specific using Dapper Dad stamp set.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
The video I am sharing today is slightly different. While I do show how to make these masculine cards I also share a lot about my creative process and the difficulties during it. Its a fun video, a little longer than my usual videos, but I really wanted to share it and show you that cardmaking isn’t always super easy. Enjoy (and please do let me know what you think)!
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CARD DETAILS
If you’d like to re-create these cards begin by mounting several clear stamps from the Dapper Dad set onto a long clear block to create a strip made up of various images. I used a pair of shoes, a hat, a comb, glasses, watch, bow tie and another paid of glasses. You can add more images or use less if you like. Use Unicorn White ink, its a pigment ink, to stamp this design repeatedly onto kraft paper to create one large pattern.
To add some color to the background select another vibrant dye ink color you’d like to have over white, ink up your images (make sure to keep the images on the stamp and not re-mount them) and stamp in color over white, be sure to slightly offset the top layer creating a shadow (for some reason I call it a drop shadow, is that correct?). I used Hero Arts Hybrid Aquatic ink for my top layer, but I have also discovered that Forever Green looked nice.
Stamp the round sentiments onto white cardstock and cut them out. I used Pool to Navy ombre ink pad to stamp mine as Aquatic didn’t look quite the same as it looked on kraft. Adhere your stamped patters onto a card base, foam mount a sentiment, decorate with glitter tape and a few wood veneer stars.
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beautiful, I love your use of colour
I enjoyed your video! Thanks for sharing your trial and error process – your cards turned out beautifully! I find masculine cards the toughest – I really like your design!
beautiful, I love your use of colour
Love the colour combo!
Great masculine card. Love this technique.
These are FABulous Yana!
What a great idea. Very cute!
Love this card, I’m always looking for masculine card ideas!
I love this technique and it’s so pretty with the blues! Also, I’m getting ready to make my Father’s Day cards and sets… so this is a great idea!
I absolutely love that you showed your process in this video. I totally agree with you, although I do love card making, it can at times be frustrating and difficult to make some decisions. I’m the same way with scrapbook layouts. I take a lot of teasing about how long I take to do a layout, but they do come out nice.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who struggles at times. Thanks for a great video and sharing this wonderful card with us.
love that you used craft paper for more of a beachy feel
Very nice!
This is indeed a gorgeoys card. I love the use of the pool to navy colour against the brown background. The colour pops up the card.
Cheers 🙂
Awesome card for the Father’s Day!
Love this color! What a fun card!
Great technique and terrific card!
love the card and how you used all the elements – the stamping looks great too!
thank you for showing the messy side of crafting! loved the vid!
Happy to see a masculine card!!
Thanks so much for the process video & sharing what worked and what DIDN’T work! Very helpful!
Whoa, fun Dad card!
Loved seeing your thought process while making this card, Yana! It does take a long time to come up with a design sometimes. The blue ink over the white was the perfect choice, I think!
Super cool masculine design!!!
Thank you for the ‘real’ video. Now I know even the pros go through the same process as me!
I love the new release. Your cards are awesome.
Sometimes the thinking is longer than the inking!!
How true!
Fabulous card Yana!
Your cards are little works of art–love them!!!!
Such a cute idea. Great use of these stamps
Beautiful card. I love the color!
love the card
Great card designs for Father’s Day. Love the choice of colors too!
Beautiful creation!
Thank you so much Yana. This is the first time I’ve heard anyone share how difficult and time consuming the designing/trial and error process can be. I’m fairly new to stamping and spend countless hours designing items in my head that many times do not physically exhibit as I had imagined. I thought I just was not executing properly or doing something wrong each time rather than understanding that it’s part of the creative process. I thought it was me. Thank you again for sharing this video and giving me further encouragement to continue through the creative process as I design my pieces. 🙂
Great card for Father’s Day or any guy theme.
Love it Yana!
Oh Yana, one of my favorite videos ever. I probably would not want all videos to be this detailed and long, but to have an occasional video that shows the creative process was so reassuring. Now I won’t feel so guilty when I seem to have every stamp and color and embellishment out before I have something I love. It is why I dearly love to make multiple cards once I hit on a winner.
Your card is a winner. Love the technique and the final result.
I really liked seeing the behind-the-scenes of what it takes to come up with a card design. Sometimes it looks like everything is so easy and comes so naturally, when really, everyone has their moments of “what if this?” and “how about that?” And I really like the final product too!
beautiful card
Very pretty – even if they are a masculine card. Great design!
Awesome cards. Thanks for your video showing the process. I think it’s something we can all relate to. Even your workspace looks a lot like my own lol.
So nice to see a man’s card special you with Father’s day coming up.
Cool guy cards
Like the cool blue of your masculine creations. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful blues! Charming card Yana!
Just love that you shared the truth behind designing a card! It can be so difficult. And no judgement here about messy craft table…. mine looks worse! Great cards!
Love your card with the double stamping effect!
Love your colors! Headed to youtube to check out the video; glad to know others have “moments” also!
Great card! Love your videos! Thanks!!
I love everything that you made